| Younger Veterans at Greater Suicide Risk
Her team published its findings Tuesday in the online edition of the American Journal of Public Health. Military service comes with special challenges, and the 1999 Veterans Health Study found that nearly a third -- 31 percent -- of veterans were suffering depressive symptoms, a rate that's two to five times higher than observed in the general public. Now, as a new generation of soldiers returns from Iraq and Afghanistan, Zivin's team sought to better understand the risks depressed veterans face for suicide. To do so, they pored through data from the VA's National Registry for Depression for the years 1999 to 2004. Overall, the researchers looked at information on almost 808,000 veterans diagnosed with depressive symptoms; 1,683 (0.21 percent) of those veterans took their own lives.
USA's Economic Disaster Tsunami Is Under Way. Ordinary Solutions Won't ...
Bush's presidency, with his rubberstamp Republican and Democratic congresses, was the earthquake. Now we face the economic disaster tsunami produced by the earthquake. The ordinary solutions-- income tax cuts, prime interest rate cuts-- they won't help and could make things worse. Visionary, courageous leadership is essential. There's a story about the economy; Economic Stimulus Is Already Too Late in today's NY Times. . .
February 2008 - Posts
Neither candidate exactly answers the last question, “What moment tested you?" Obama takes the opportunity to recite his entire biography. Hillary, however, pivots in a way that evokes, of all things, her Diner Sob . Only this time, she sets herself up: Read More... .
The hottest accessories for your MP3
The company's flagship speakers stand ten inches tall and feature a built-in amplifier. The woofer, made of Kevlar, handles bass frequencies with aplomb. The silk tweeter helps smooth out the sound. Designed by Brady Bargenquast, 39, a former product manager for Apple, and audio engineer Dave Evans, 52, the speakers work with any MP3 player and can be wirelessly synced with Macs and PCs. .
Britney Back With Adnan, Hoping to See Her Boys As Well
A day away from Britney and so much to recap. Today the pop star is expected to show up for a custody hearing to ask for visitation in a therapeutic setting as a means to also help Britney with her psychological problems. As far as the deposition is concerned, Kevin's lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan said that questioning Britney for her deposition has been gut-wrenching and unpleasurable and that he still has many many more questions to ask Britney before he's finished. We have questions as well. Like why she was acting like Adnan was out of the picture but then spotted last night at Taverna Tony's restaurant in Malibu with him. Especially after he just took it upon himself to talk to ET about his experience hanging out with the pop star in a series of interviews.
Job expo helps inmates prepare for future outside lockup
STACY KAPLUS was ready. In the gymnasium on the first floor of Santa Rita county jail Friday, she had her resume, cover letter and business cards. She even had thank-you notes ready to send to the people she would meet. "I never wanted to do anything," she said. "(Now) I'm doing something for myself." Kaplus was among hundreds of minimum-security inmates in the Alameda County lockup looking toward a futureon the outside. More than 20 employment recruitment, social and health organizations showed up Friday to give the inmates information on programs and services that can get them jobs, education and health care. Kaplus, who spent 10 years in the Army, also found out about veterans services for which she may be eligible. This is the second career-type fair the jail has held, said Alameda County sheriff's Sgt.
Software Windows Vista SP1 Performance: Mixed Results
On the other side of things, CNET reports the SP1 update has somehow created a performance degradation in copy times to external USB 2.0 hard drives. Something is going wrong in Windows Vista SP1 during USB copies, and the issue is currently under investigation. Meanwhile Windows Vista SP1 takes a 40 to 50 percent performance hit in this type of file copies, when compared to base Windows Vista. Testers did comment on SP1's rather good job in delivering bug fixes. This leads to a more stable environment. Still, feelings towards SP1 will probably depend heavily on users' expectations as it delivers a mixed bag of performance changes. .
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